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La cara es el espejo del alma. Literal translation: The face is the mirror of the soul. Meaning/use: Our face reflects our state of health, our character, and our mood. Origin: Cicero (106-43 BC): 'Ut imago est animi voltus sic indices oculi' La diligencia es la madre de la buena ventura. Literal translation: Diligence is the mother of good ...
Posada's La Calavera Garbancera together with a literary calaverita in 1913. The Literary Calavera or calavera literaria (Spanish: literary skull) is a traditional Mexican literary form: a satirical or light-hearted writing in verse, often composed for the Day of the Dead.
The phrase is usually used to express that an individual was daydreaming, "When I have nothing to do I think about the immortality of the crab" (Cuando no tengo nada que hacer, pienso en la inmortalidad del cangrejo). It is also used to wake someone from a daydream; "are you thinking about the immortality of the crab?"
A proverb (from Latin: proverbium) or an adage is a simple, traditional saying that expresses a perceived truth based on common sense or experience. Proverbs are often metaphorical and are an example of formulaic language.
Aquí el que no tiene dinga Tiene mandinga . . ¡ja, ja! Por eso yo te pregunto ¿Y tu agüela, aonde ejtá? Ayé me dijite negro Queriéndome abochoná. Mi agüela sale a la sala, Y la tuya oculta ajtá. La pobre se ejtá muriendo Al belse tan maltratá. Que hajta tu perro le ladra Si acaso a la sala bá. ¡Y bien que yo la conojco!
ataque de nervios a sudden nervous reaction, similar to hysterics, or losing control, experienced in response to something [2] ¡Bendito! variants are ¡Ay bendito! and dito - “aww poor you” or “oh my god”; “ay” meaning lament, and “bendito” meaning blessed.
As several fires spread across Southern California, President-elect Donald Trump urged California Gov. Gavin Newsom to send water down south from Northern California despite some local officials ...
Cover of the 1911 first edition of the Ratón Pérez tale by Luis Coloma, illustrated by Mariano Pedrero []. El Ratoncito Pérez or Ratón Pérez (lit. transl. Perez the Little Mouse or Perez Mouse) is a fantasy figure of early childhood in Spanish and Hispanic American cultures.